Re: ethics and job-hunting

[Lois Patterson <lois -at- dowco -dot- com>]

Would it make a difference if you felt a prospective employer was
essentially burning investors' money and had no possible way of succeeding?
For example, what about working for one of the rapidly expiring dot-coms
that had no workable business model? I don't know that this is unethical,
particularly if the investors are sophisticated venture capitalists who
fully expect to have 9 bad investments and 1 great one. But what if the
investors are friends and family of the company owner?

But back to the original question: I would find it hard to work for a porn
company mostly because I wouldn't relish explaining it to my children, to
friends, or to future employers for that matter. I wouldn't have a problem
with any of encryption, decryption, snooperware, or anti-snooperware
programs, since these all have valid uses. I wouldn't want to work on a
gambling product, or for a liquor or tobacco company. As for military
hardware, I'm not sure.


Lois Patterson


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